Wires and corporate press also on it: The Guardian
Outlets posting about it
The Walrus· Thu 20:30
It’s European diplomacy in a nutshell: invite a country to be your first “associate member,” panic over the meaning of “member,” then downgrade it to the nebulous “ever closer association.” Hans Casteels breaks down the EU’s frustrating bureaucracy: thewalrus.ca/europe-scraps-of...
The dream of a Canada-EU “middle-power bloc” has hit its first serious obstacle. At the Montreal summit, Brussels failed to deliver on the promise of associate membership for Canada, despite the enthusiastic backing of European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. Instead, the EU offered the hollow consolation…
It’s European diplomacy in a nutshell: invite a country to be your first “associate member,” panic over the meaning of “member,” then downgrade it to the nebulous “ever closer association.” Hans Casteels breaks down the EU’s frustrating bureaucracy:
An invitation to deepen the relationship has become a dispute over what to call it Europe Scraps Offer to Make Canada an Associate Member first appeared on The Walrus.